TrainBots: 2-in-1 Steam Maker Kit

Lower Age: 8+
Website: https://store.thamesandkosmos.com/products/trainbots-2-in-1-steam-maker-kit
Price: $34.95
Year Added: 2023
Amazon URL: https://tinyurl.com/57mzyn5r
Thames & Kosmos' TrainBots: 2-in-1 Steam Maker Kit promotes problem-solving, creativity, and applying science knowledge.
Get ready for an exhilarating STEM adventure with TrainBots: 2-in-1 Steam Maker Kit by Thames & Kosmos! Explore clean energy and the environmental impacts of industry through an engaging comic, and build the steam-powered robot that will save the world. Users practice real-life circuitry and fabrication skills to create a robot that turns water into mist. The TrainBots: 2-in-1 Steam Maker Kit promotes problem-solving, creativity, and applying science knowledge. ― Erica Corbeels, Purdue Reviewer

Framework Categories

Issues, Solutions, and Impacts (ISI)
Concepts of Engineers and Engineering (CEE)
Processes of Design (POD)

Moore, T.J., Glancy, A.W., Tank, K.M., Kersten, J.A., Smith, K.A., & Stohlmann, M.S. (2014). A framework for quality K-12 engineering education: Research and development. Journal of Precollege Engineering Education Research, 4(1), 1-13.


It should be noted that, while this gift is rated for children as young as eight, assembling the robot and the circuitry may require a lot of help from a trusted adult.